Samsung may soon let you pick your preferred home screen search service

Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR

• Code within One UI 9 leaked build suggests that Samsung will let users choose between Finder and Google as their home screen search service.
• New settings will likely allow users to display Finder, Google, both, or neither on their home screen.
• This feature follows the One UI 8.5 rebranding of “S Finder” and adds a potential Google entry point similar to the Pixel Launcher.

Samsung launched One UI 8.5 with the Galaxy S26 series, and with the new update, it also rebranded the “S Finder” app into “Finder” and gave it its own place on the home screen along with semantic search. While we’re still waiting for One UI 8.5 stable to roll out to more Samsung phones and tablets, we’ve now spotted clues that indicate that Finder could be on track for more upgrades with One UI 9.

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In One UI 9 leaked builds, we’ve spotted the following strings: